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episode 6: EP#6: Mythical Transistors
Podcast Notes
- Parker is still working on the Super Simple Power Supply. He is designing the front panel. He is considering using some WP1043 Kingbright LEDs.
- Super Simple Power Supply will have two decimal places for the LED segmented displays. 10mV and 10mA display resolution.
- Keypad for punching in numbers directly and encoder for scrolling.
- The Rigol DP832 is the powersupply Parker and Stephen currently use. Has the funky keypad.
- ESP8266 is a low cost wifi module that has been in the maker space for the last couple years.
- IoT BBQ? Stephen thinks its getting silly. Parker thinks IoT is just going to advertisement saturation.
- Stephen did a guest lecture for the Iron Yard. It is a coding school. He gave a hardware based lecture. Covered the toolsets needed to design hardware like EDA Tools. Stephen pimped the MacroWatch.
- Josh the sound guy trumps Parker and Stephen in figuring out where .ino file extension comes from.
- Parker wrote a blog post about programming for production.
- Heathkit launches a new website. $150 AM Radio? It is not just a radio but a chore since it is a kit! At least it looks nice...
- Arduino and Raspberry Pi costs way less then any anything Heathkit offers. Stephen thinks Heathkit won't last long.
- Little Box Challenge winners where announced. The CE+T Power Red Electrical Devils blew the specs out of the water for the solar inverter.
- Parker went to mouser to see if he could buy the mythical transistors the CE+T Power Red Electrical Devils used in the inverter. Found some crazy big GaN transistors made by GaN Systems. Pricey but crazy awesome power transistor specs.